Update on the ruined cottage at Barley

[Greensleeves]

Just had another look at your earlier photos.  Those jambs look as though they are carved out of red sandstone.  What colour is the sandstone in your area?  Is it likely that the stone could have been sourced locally?

[Lydart]

One of my favourite places is Tyneham village down in Dorset - the Government turfed everyone out so they could use it for tank target practice.  There was an ancient manor house there and many families had been in the area for hundreds of years.  It is all smashed up now!!!   

Nothing to do with Maggies thread ...
I've been to Tyneham ... some of the buildings are still as they were, school, for e.g.

By chance I was given a book called 'Tyneham - a Triibute' by Dr Andrew Norman ... and I knew I had ancestors  from there ... and the book has a picture of one of them !   I had no idea, until I found her in the book !!  Mrs Barnes the post-mistress, 1911 !!


Sorry ... back to Maggie !!

[Greensleeves]

Following on from my previous post about the red sandstone, Maggie, I've been looking at the British Geological Survey website and you can actually look on there (for free!) to check out the geology of the United Kingdom.  Thought you might find it interesting.

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/viewer.html

[Lydart]

Oh thats a good site.  Thanks ...

But people have always moved stone from other areas, dont forget ... even the stones in Stonehenge came from Wales !   They must have liked our stone, GS !!

[Ruskie]

I agree with GS re S. Wales anyway.   The trouble is, people renovate a small barn, move in, then apply for planning to add rooms, and before you know it, a small two roomed dwelling has five bedrooms with en suite bathrooms !!   

Oh no that is dreadful. I didn't know that this was what happened and planning permission for renovations can be the thin edge of the wedge. 

our local planning regulations limit the size of the proposed additional area to a third of the size of the original.  This has put a brake on over-development of properties.

I suppose this was a step in the right direction but obviously not working if people are getting around it via the bribery route.

[Maggie.]

There was certainly no bribery allowed when I was involved with the Parish Council, and the local Parish Council had a large say in what could be approved by the Planning Committee.

[Maggie.]

Just had another look at your earlier photos.  Those jambs look as though they are carved out of red sandstone.  What colour is the sandstone in your area?  Is it likely that the stone could have been sourced locally?

It is not as red as in the cottage - more of a golden colour.  Thank you for the web link, GS.  I have only just got myself back in here but I shall look later. 

I'm amazed to see that we are about to go onto page 20, which means I will have to lock the door.  Shall I open another door, or have we talked enough about history, geology, photography, archaeology et al?

[Greensleeves]

Lydart, I know they moved stone about but usually for a specific purpose, such as the bluestones at Stonehenge.  However, my point was to query if the sandstone of the door jambs matched the colour of sandstone available in the general area.  If it does, then it is possible that it was quarried fairly close and it might be possible to find the quarry, and thus we could assume that the original building from which it was taken might be fairly close.

[karenlee]

I'm amazed to see that we are about to go onto page 20, which means I will have to lock the door.  Shall I open another door, or have we talked enough about history, geology, photography, archaeology et al?

In a word Maggie.......................... MORE


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